Dream Disturbed Sleep

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Hey, Tone,

Here's another TCM lesson (teehee-is that what it's beginning to feel

like?!) Are the strangers scary to you? ...anxiety provoking?

Any other feeling attached to them? The mention of organs below is

how they pertain to TCM...that imbalance thing.

Kit

Dream Disturbed Sleep

It is important to differentiate between normal dreams, and dreams

which are troublesome and indicate some kind of imbalance.

Dreaming which does not make the sleep restless, is not frightening,

does not disturb the mind the morning after, and does not leave the

person very tired in the morning, can be consider as normal.

`Excessive dreaming', or dreams with indicate imbalance may be defined

as dreams which cause restless sleep or nightmares, resulting in the

person feeling very tired the following morning.

Within Chinese medicine, the Mind (or Spirit) resides in the Blood, in

particular the Heart Blood. In this sense, the Blood acts as an

'anchor' for the Mind to prevent it from wandering off. When the Heart

Blood is weak, then there is no 'anchor' for the Mind and at night it

can wander and cause excessive dreaming. The old classics of

acupuncture described various types of unpleasant dreams such as

nightmares, waking up screaming, sleepwalking and talking in one's

sleep. They related dreaming to the wandering of the 'ethereal soul '

at night.

Although it is mainly the Heart organ that is involved with excessive

dreams, other organs such as the Kidneys, Gall Bladder, or Stomach may

also be involved. The content of the dream may also give some

indication of where there is an imbalance, for example, dreams with

crying and weeping would point to a Lung excess condition, since these

are the emotions linked to the Lungs. Plunging into water and being

scared would indicate a Kidney deficiency condition, and there are

many others.

At the initial consultation, information is gathered to get a complete

picture of what is causing the bad dreams and disturbed sleep.

Treatment would normally be once weekly, perhaps more frequently if

the dreams were particularly disturbing.

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Heart Imbalances

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